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Anyone dabble in poetry? Although I began writing a bit of verse last spring, I have rarely worked up the nerve to show the results to anyone. I guess I am wondering if anyone would be interested in…Continue

I am very pleased to announce that my new novel, a young adult fantasy set in a future America in the oppressive grip of Christian fundamentalists (who are the story's villains), will be brought out…Continue

Big Pictures of Small OnesThere's that bad boy persona/attraction; he's just being himself, embedded in a ginormous crystal with flaws and visible but blurry histories.Mindfulness and mindfullness…Continue

Most people who don't write themselves or who don't know any full-time writers imagine that when writers spend five or six (or eight or ten) hours in their attics or garages or studies every day they…Continue

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Michael, just curious. What do you find informative about her tweets? I've never followed anybody's tweets, so it's hard for me to imagine what would be useful in the very brief and fleeting messages from a blog writer. I don't mean to sound snide here--I get tweeting in a general way, but it seems to me that they'd be pretty superficial, unless they were haikus, or something.

Variations of the future play out in my thoughts.
I flip through the possibilities like a photo album
In an attempt to determine the one that best fits me.
Each time I start to believe just where I am headed,
Chance will alter the course that my moments take.

I cannot know anything beyond my experiences,
My mind is a product of unique genetic evolution.
The slight differences present in every human being
Incite a fabricated sense of specialness in the world,
The result is a dualistic belief that plagues mankind.

I am made out of the coalescence of lifeless matter,
Fate is an illusion generated through random chance.
The realization of a godless universe excites me,
It frees me to truly live and make the most out of life.
No other realities are necessary for happiness to exist.

Consciousness may never be able to explain itself,
The nature of its survival depends upon speculation.
A heavy focus on divinity obscures possible truth.
I believe I have successfully released these shackles,
Perhaps I will at last open my eyes and see the world.

I have totally fallen off from writing any fiction or poetry. I blame my schedule; I'm naturally a night owl, and my most creative time is in a pitch black room with nothing but a computer screen. For the past year, though, I have been doing the 9-5 routine and have to get up at six a.m. This whole day-job-thing totally sucks! If only I could make money off of staying up all night writing, lol. ;)

A contributor to this site posted a poem in the Green Atheists group. Maybe we could get some cross-pollination going? Have Green Atheists post their works as WIP here (for discussion, criticism, whatever) and maybe some of our writers here try their hand at Green-themed poems? Thoughts?

Can I take a moment to cheer other members on to submit a WIP? You're among friends -- I believe and hope -- and I would love to read the work of some more of you. I could post another, but I already have posted a novel excerpt and a poem, and this is not "The McGee Show" -- nor even "The Fibber McGee and Molly Show". :-) You have my support! Go for it! And consider using the [WIP] notation for your excerpts.